Judas Priest Retirement: Guitarist Richie Faulkner Reveals His Plans Once Band Decides to End Their Career

Judas Priest may have been in the music industry for decades now, but Richie Faulkner is the youngest and the latest addition to the group. Since his bandmates are aging, the musician shared his plans once the group decided to finally retire from their careers.

The guitarist recently spoke with Jorge Botas of Portugal's "Metal Global" where he shared his thoughts about the band's retirement.

Faulkner began by stating that Judas Priest's music is going to last for a long time and would even exist "a lot longer" than the members are because their music is "legendary."

However, he admitted that none of him and his bandmates are getting out of the group "alive" and it's the reality of life.

Richie Faulker Reveals Plans if Ever Judas Priest Retires

He then recalled that when he became a part of the group for the first time, it was their farewell tour and more than a decade later, they are still here, but at the time, he thought it was silly not to think about his future after his time with them because of the circumstances.

"it was [supposed to be] the last tour - so what am I gonna do after? So it's always been in the back of my mind. And [Elegant Weapons] is a band that seems natural to me to continue with if that call ever came in," he explained. (via Metal Sucks)

Elegant Weapons New Music Coming Soon?

Elegant Weapons is Faulkner's other band consisting of members Dave Rimmer of Uriah Heep, Christopher Williams of Accept, and Ronnie Romero of Rainbow.

The group already dropped their first album last month, but the guitarist noted that fans should expect new music in the near future.

Teasing the group's supporters about new material, Faulkner said they already recorded drums for their second album and it might be released "maybe next year." The reason why they already started the project in March was that they were all together and thought of starting the process at the time.

"Back in the day, bands used to release a record every year, sometimes two in a year. I know we don't do things under the same cycle anymore. But the ideas are there for the songs," he said.

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